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> or contributing to make the current language better The people making Zig have said they don't want that.
by TiredOfLife 5mo ago
> or contributing to make the current language better
The people making Zig have said they don't want that.
- frangonf 5mo agoThey also said that: > Code origin was not even a factor [0] > AI is entirely besides the point here. The changes in this Zig fork are not desirable to upstream for several reasons. [1] So my view here is that besides AI policies to filter low value contributions and "contributor poker" [2] to attract contributors vs just contributions, a well thought of genious implementation aligned with the Zig roadmap instead of the "hacky implementation for a flashy headline" [1] would have made the cut. But then again this entertaining drama will sadly get deprecated by mid 2027 as the datacenters will be churning out their own opusrust and clankzig. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017255 [1] https://ziggit.dev/t/bun-s-zig-fork-got-4x-faster-compilation-times/15183/19 https://ziggit.dev/t/bun-s-zig-fork-got-4x-faster-compilatio... [2] https://kristoff.it/blog/contributor-poker-and-ai/ https://kristoff.it/blog/contributor-poker-and-ai/